Barton Coliseum
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Sep 18, 2026
TreyHOST
And it just wasn't available in Hot Springs.
TreyHOST
So they're moving about 55, 60 minutes away from Hot Springs to Little Rock at the historic Barton Coliseum.
TreyHOST
And the team is investing $1.5 million into renovating Barton, into making it a true home headquarters for the Arkansas Diamonds there.
TreyHOST
In the live stream with Coach Bowens-Megante on Indoor Football Weekly, we talked about what those renovations are going to look like.
TreyHOST
Hopefully we'll be able to make it out to a game in Arkansas.
TreyHOST
It's only like a seven hour drive from where I am right now.
TreyHOST
um yes i should be able to make it out to a game next year and see what ends up happening but yeah historic barton coliseum it's been around since the 50s has had a ton of music acts sporting events all sorts of stuff come through there and the arkansas diamonds are bringing 50-yard football back to little rock for the first time since 2010. so pretty big deal and uh building off of the success that they've been able to have in the ta over the past couple years We'll have to see if they can continue that success in 2027 in their debut season in the IFL.
TreyHOST
And then last thing for the IFL here, free agency officially starts on October 10th.
speaker_14ANNOUNCER
This is SportsCenter.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
The Arkansas Diamonds of the Indoor Football League announced their move to Barton Coliseum in Little Rock on Tuesday.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
The team had previously played their games at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
A team spokesman said the organization would invest in Barton Coliseum with a modernization plan that would create opportunities for additional sporting events, concerts, and entertainment throughout the year.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
Moving to basketball, former Arkansas coach Eric Musselman is among those named in a lawsuit filed by former USC basketball player Chad Baker-Mazara.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
Musselman is accused of throwing Baker-Mazara off the Trojans to avoid paying the remainder of his NIL contract.
speaker_0NARRATOR
This is SportsCenter.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
The Arkansas Diamonds of the Indoor Football League announced their move to Barton Coliseum in Little Rock on Tuesday.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
The team had previously played their games at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
A team spokesman said the organization would invest in Barton Coliseum with a modernization plan that would create opportunities for additional sporting events, concerts, and entertainment throughout the year.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
Moving to basketball, former Arkansas coach Eric Musselman is among those named in the lawsuit filed by former USC basketball player Chad Baker-Mazzara.
Todd PierceCORRESPONDENT
Musselman is accused of throwing Baker-Mazzara off the Trojans to avoid paying the remainder of his NIL contract.
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Justin AcriHOST
I mean, you can kind of go do your thing here and then go out.
Justin AcriHOST
It's going to be played at...
Heather BakerGUEST
So if you want to see every single farmer's market around the state, we have that on the list.
Heather BakerGUEST
We also have the Arkansas State Championship Horse Show, and that will be going on at Barton Coliseum.
Heather BakerGUEST
So there's 1,500 entries of horses.
Heather BakerGUEST
So if you love that, check it out.
speaker_14NARRATOR
Little Rock was even worse.
speaker_14NARRATOR
According to several reports, the undercard for the show at the Barton Coliseum was terrible, and even the densest marks were getting restless about the poor quality of the matches.
speaker_14NARRATOR
In particular, a terrible match with Kane versus Chains and an Undertaker versus Rocky maybe a casket match that only lasted two minutes due to Undertaker being injured and having high blood pressure.
speaker_14NARRATOR
In addition, fans were upset because the card that was taking place was completely different than the lineup that was advertised with no explanations given.
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The San Francisco 49ers officially retired legendary quarterback Joe Montana's No. 16 jersey during a halftime game against the Denver Broncos.
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Wrestling chaos.
speaker_15NARRATOR
A famous and chaotic fan riot broke out at a WWF house show event at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas, after fans grew unruly.
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the number one single and the number one album on Monday, December 15th, 1997, when D-Generation X went toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, and grappled with the Legion of Doom in the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire, on the USA Network for the WWF Monday Night Raw program.
Carl SternHOST
All right, our last day of September 1986.
Carl SternHOST
September 30th, UWF, the former Mid-South promotion, has a TV taping in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Barton Coliseum.
Carl SternHOST
Iceman King Parsons beats Art Cruz.
Carl SternHOST
Missing Link beats Gustavo Mendoza.